Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.
Wine enables Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Solaris users to run Windows applications without a copy of Microsoft Windows. Wine is free software under constant development. Other platforms may benefit as well.

What's new in this release:

Client-side window rendering using the DIB engine.

Raw input support for keyboard and mouse.

Support for transparent window areas using color keying.

Proper C++ RTTI support on 64-bit.

Implementation of logical processor information.

Support for fonts with localized names.

Various bug fixes.

Install Winehq in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.5

sudo apt-get install winetricks

Here you can download source of Wine 1.5.13 for other Distro's from Source Forge.
Check announcement of Wine 1.5.13 version.
Enjoy

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